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Cool a double duathlon! Good pratice for transitions I would think.  Great job beating last year's time!

My workout got waylaid yesterday due to crappy weather (again) and working on the house. Less than 2 weeks before it goes on the market - uggh!  Hope to get  around an hour run in today.

Getting a house ready to go on the market is an awful lot of work, and is one of those jobs that seems never ending. Best of luck to you, and I hope you get that run in!  It would be good for you mentally I think.

Great job on your race Ken! Good transition practice.

On a very personal level, yesterday was one of the best days of my life. My oldest son graduated from college. More comments and a couple of pictures on my training log if anyone is interested.

I was actually not too far from Ken's race. I would have liked to join him and race, but believe it or not, the graduation started at 8:30 AM. I did manage to train a little over the weekend.

Hope everyone's weekend went well!

10k run for this morning.

No work tomorrow, so hopefully, either another run or bike, depending on weather.

Thinking about buying a trainer? Any comments, positive or negative...

Edited by GoGoGo 2011-05-22 2:04 PM

I like using the trainer so much I have 2. 

Considering where you live I am kind of surprised you don't already have one.  Between the shorter days in the late fall, winter and early spring it helps during the week, plus around here in the winter it allows me to ride all winter long.

But, even in good weather there is value in using a trainer as it is easier, for me anyways, to do the higher intensity work.

I highly recommend either the Cyclops Fluid 2 or better or the Kurt Kinetic Road Machine or better.  While you can still get a good workout from most any trainer, these I find are more consistent to the road and being fluid they are much quieter.  You can also get a computrainer, which I would like to some day, as they is computer based as the name implies and you can do a variety of pre-planned workouts or mimic certain rides.  I think Ice either has one or access to one and can give some better feed back.

But if you don't want to spend a lot, the 2 I mentioned are going to be about $250.00 - $300.00 give or take, you can still get a good workout from the magnetic ones.

Congrats to your son!  The pics you posted of the race were great. To bad there aren't eny of you. Looked kind of miserable out there.

I really like my trainer. Having it makes it so easy to get my rides in.  They are much safer then the roads also.

I have the Cycle Oops Fluid 2

Congrats to those who raced this weekend!

I had a goal to get all of my training in this week but life got in the way today. One of these weeks I am going to get them all done. I might try to make up for the run I missed tomorrow. I think I need to play hooky and get out and enjoy the weather as it has been raining ALOT here.

Hope everyone has a good start to their weeks.

QOTD:

Spinnervals...Anyone use them?

amschrod - I love the pictures!

I didn't feel all that well on Friday - so I cut out of work at half a day and went home and went to bed!  I really think it is just the lack of sunshine getting to me.  I felt great the rest of the weekend... though, I didn't do any training. 

I was digging again in my yard and my hammies are sore today.  (I will have to post before and after pics when I am done)  While I was digging, I noticed the woman accross the street come back from a bike ride and immediately go out for a run... hmmm... think she might be training for something?  I wanted to flag her down, but between being, literally, covered in dirt and her looking like she was into what she was doing, I didn't get to catch her before she headed up her driveway.

National holiday, here, in Canada.  Day off!!!

Went for a 8 mile run this morning.

Interesting article on cycling on front page of BT.  Not sure if anyone interested, but here is link

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=2283

Have a good Day...

Richard

Anthony - congrats to your son for gradutating - major accomplishment - you should be very proud!!!

Richard - a trainer is a very good idea. it will give you so much more flexibility (esp. in winter). I have a cheap fluid trainer (Nashbar brand?) I don't like it as it is very very loud. I have heard good things on the ones Ken mentioned.

Sherri - maybe you just found a training partner!!!!

As for bike DVD's - I have never tried spinnervals (they are expensive!) But I do like the Sufferfest videos and they are only 10 dollars or so to download onto your computer. I also like how they have live footage of races and will definately kick your butt!

I hope everyone is having a great week! 

I'm going to try for a spin class tonight.  Do you think this is a good substitute for the real thing if you don't have time for an actual ride?

BTW, thought for the day, I spent some time last night reading through some beginner level articles.  I found that many of them say that the most important thing for a beginner is to build your base.  So, does this mean that it's okay to work out regularly, swimming, running, and biking, without pushing yourself too hard?

So, knowing the distances and times that I've been putting in, do you think that's enough or do you think I should be putting in more time?

Thanks in advance for your input,

Thanks,

I am using the attached as a training plan/guide, but I haven't yet added the second workout to days that call for a run or bike + swim.

I guess the time factor for riding my actual bike is an excuse.  I kind of psych myself out about it, because it is still kind of scary for me.  I've made plans to bike with a "buddy" this weekend, because I'm a bit intimidated by the open road.  Last Saturday was really my first time spending any real time on the open road.  Til then I've been riding around the neighborhood.

Vivian - you are doing great.  Keep up the consistency and it will pay out huge when you have your first tri in August.

I understand the bike intimidation thing. However the more you do it the less scary it will feel. Going with a friend is a good idea. Also, drive the route you are thinking of doing first. Look for one that has few cars and wide shoulders. If you have to drive to this spot and then bike from there is fine. I do it occasionally to avoid the wyoming tech dorms (scary drivers in very large full ton trucks!)

I am tapering (again) for my first sprint tri of the season this Saturday.  Will try and get in a short run with some intervals thrown in and some ab work/stretching afterwards.

Thanks Ken and Robin, great feed back.  I never thought of driving the route first.  that's a great idea.